Yale-NUS taking in record 248 students, The Straits Times, 4 August 2017

The Straits Times published an article in page 4 of the Home section on the College’s fifth batch of students. Noting that this is the largest intake to date, the 248 students were selected from 8,733 applicants worldwide based on a holistic admission process which takes into account the students’ academic and extracurricular achievements. The 129 Singaporeans coming in this year make up the largest pool of students and are from 28 schools across the island, including the polytechnics. They will be joined by students from 44 other countries, with the largest number coming from the United States, India, China and South Korea.